This statistic shows U.S. prison chaplains responses to a question of how often cases of religious extremism in U.S. prisons posed a serious security threat. The responses are differentiated by the prisons' security level. During the survey, ** percent of chaplains who worked in maximum security prisons said that cases of religious extremism had either almost always or sometimes posed a serious security threat.
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Pew Research Center. (March 22, 2012). Frequency at which religious extremism amongst inmates in U.S. prisons posed a security threat in 2011, by prison type* [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 22, 2026, from /statistics/234657/religious-extremism-in-us-prisons/
Pew Research Center. "Frequency at which religious extremism amongst inmates in U.S. prisons posed a security threat in 2011, by prison type*." Chart. March 22, 2012. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 22, 2026. /statistics/234657/religious-extremism-in-us-prisons/
Pew Research Center. (2012). Frequency at which religious extremism amongst inmates in U.S. prisons posed a security threat in 2011, by prison type*. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2026. /statistics/234657/religious-extremism-in-us-prisons/
Pew Research Center. "Frequency at Which Religious Extremism amongst Inmates in U.S. Prisons Posed a Security Threat in 2011, by Prison Type*." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 22 Mar 2012, /statistics/234657/religious-extremism-in-us-prisons/
Pew Research Center, Frequency at which religious extremism amongst inmates in U.S. prisons posed a security threat in 2011, by prison type* ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, /statistics/234657/religious-extremism-in-us-prisons/ (last visited July 22, 2026)
Frequency at which religious extremism amongst inmates in U.S. prisons posed a security threat in 2011, by prison type* [Graph], Pew Research Center, March 22, 2012. [Online]. Available: /statistics/234657/religious-extremism-in-us-prisons/
